Portable CD/Tape Player

[matt_hobson]

Hi,

Not sure if this is the correct place to post, but couldnt see anywhere else to.

I want to be able to play audio books on holiday - but last year our CD player broke due to the heat. All i want is OK sound, good battery life, and reliability in the heat. I dont want to spend too much more than about £30 - 40 on it.

I am quite tempted to just get a tape player as i have never had a problem with them, however then we will probably still want some sort of CD player in the room + I will have to buy it all as tape rather than CD.

I would rather a CD player obviously, but dont want it to break when we are away!

Any ideas?

[TiG]

Matt,

For all sort of cheap stereo/cd equipment http://www.richersounds.co.uk
I don't know what section they would lump cd/tape player under but it would be worthwhile you checking out the site to see if you could see anything.

TiG

[5lab]

why not just get a cheap ghettoblaster jobby with both tape and cd, and get a power adapter to run it in foreign countries??

[Butuz]

I would think some kind of MP3 player would be more suited, just a cheap one with enough memory to store your books. Reason being mp3 = no moving parts unlike tape or cd, so far less to go wrong in the heat!

Butuz

[matt_hobson]

why not just get a cheap ghettoblaster jobby with both tape and cd, and get a power adapter to run it in foreign countries??

Did think of this, but wouldnt work too well taking it down to the pool

I would think some kind of MP3 player would be more suited, just a cheap one with enough memory to store your books. Reason being mp3 = no moving parts unlike tape or cd, so far less to go wrong in the heat!

not a bad plan - this way i can have something for running too....

Anyone know where i can get a cheap one??

EDIT:

hmm, after looking at it I will probably need at least 128MB.. if not 256MB to hold enough - seen as i wont be able to change it at all on holiday.

The cheapest 256 i have seen is here:
Advanced Mp3 Players

May be a great price......still quite a bit though.


at the moment i am looking at this:

Sony CD player at Amazon

The main advantage being that we can take LOADS of music too....

[5lab]

what about a mp3 cd player? best of both worlds maybe.. could be a cheaper option than a ss player?